Tuesday, October 06, 2015

The violence took
place on Monday during a protest against police action last month on a
religious procession during the immersion of Ganesha idols in Ganga.

Many parts of
Prime Minister’s constituency were under curfew in the wake of violent clashes
between protesters and the police in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh.
Several religious leaders took out a protest march in the afternoon and locals
also joined in.

When the march
reached a key crossing in the city, there was stone throwing between the police
and protesters, who allegedly burnt six vehicles including two police jeeps.

Clashes
had broken out between police and protesters and the police had resorted to
lathi charge to disperse the protesters. The mob also indulged in arson,
setting afire a police picket, a police jeep, a motorbike and some shops in
Godowlia area under Dashashwamedh police station, they said.

The police also used
batons again. Police lathi-charge on a religious leader and his followers, who
were heading to the banks of river Ganga for the immersion ritual, led to anger on September 21 and 23 last Month.

The Allahabad High Court in 2013 had ordered a complete
ban on the immersion of idols in the Ganga and Yamuna to keep a check on
increasing pollution in the rivers.

The Curfew in the area of Dashashwamedh, Chowk, Kotwali and Luxa was imposed for

a short period on Monday.Schools and
colleges in the city will remain closed today.